Chrysocercops melastigmata

Chrysocercops melastigmata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Pahang, Malaysia.[2]

Chrysocercops melastigmata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Chrysocercops
Species:
C. melastigmata
Binomial name
Chrysocercops melastigmata
Kumata, 1992[1]

The wingspan is 4.7–5.7 mm.

The larvae feed on Hopea nutans. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Descriptions Of Thirteen New Species Of The Genus Chrysocercops Kumata Et Kuroko, 1988, From Malaysia And Nepal (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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